Mookie Blaylock
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Not yet, but my Cubs fandom is on life support. I have vowed to not watch them play until they get rid of Hendry. Does that count?
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Have you ever changed you "favorite" team? (1 Viewer)
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Happy Ragnarok
Footballguy
I just root for whoever's winning.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
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Zow
Footballguy
Grew up Mets, Vikings, Timberwolves, and Maple Leafs fans.
When I moved to Minnesota I began to really enjoy rooting for the Twins (how can you not like that organization?) and paid attention to them almost more than the Mets, but if the two met in the WS (they were both in the 2006 playoffs) I'd still root for the Mets. On a smaller scale I've enjoyed watching the Suns and Cardinals since moving to AZ, but can't imagine rooting for them over my favorite teams.
I honestly think it's unfathomable to switch teams unless your team moves.
When I moved to Minnesota I began to really enjoy rooting for the Twins (how can you not like that organization?) and paid attention to them almost more than the Mets, but if the two met in the WS (they were both in the 2006 playoffs) I'd still root for the Mets. On a smaller scale I've enjoyed watching the Suns and Cardinals since moving to AZ, but can't imagine rooting for them over my favorite teams.
I honestly think it's unfathomable to switch teams unless your team moves.
Mayflower trucks. More than reason enough.Nope, and it finally paid off last year after 25 years and 100 long seasons.
(Phillies / Eagles / Flyers / Sixers)
I don't really see how someone even could.
Maybe at a certain time you like another team's players better or they're more fun to watch, but changing your alligiance entirely?
ETA: I guess if you could, you weren't really a fan of the first team anyway... think I read that on here somewhere.
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Insoxicated
Sooo it's wrong for me to root for a guy I knew in college who is well on his way to be the best QB in the history of the game?
Just curious on what the rules are here....
IDrinkyourMilkshake
Footballguy
Yankees, Cowboys, Lakers, North Carolina Basketball and USC Football fan here. Although my patience for the Cowboys is waning.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
My NBA team was hijacked and moved to another state and given a stupid name. I haven't become a fan of another team, I've just given up the NBA totally.
I am a fan of both the Washington Huskies and Texas Longhorns. I went to both schools, but I grew up going to Husky games and went to undergrad there, so my primary loyalty is the Washington. But I lived in Texas for a long time and became a pretty big fan during that time. So big a fan that attending the 2005 Rose Bowl was among the top 2-3 sports related moments of my life. But when Washington played Texas in the 2003 Holiday Bowl, there was no question who I was rooting for.
I am a fan of both the Washington Huskies and Texas Longhorns. I went to both schools, but I grew up going to Husky games and went to undergrad there, so my primary loyalty is the Washington. But I lived in Texas for a long time and became a pretty big fan during that time. So big a fan that attending the 2005 Rose Bowl was among the top 2-3 sports related moments of my life. But when Washington played Texas in the 2003 Holiday Bowl, there was no question who I was rooting for.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.
Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time.
I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
so I liked a few teams over the years but nothing serious. Always been a Tigers, Michigan, and Seahawks fan and the Pistons I started to really like in the mid 80s. I didn't follow hockey that closely until I was a teenager but the Wings were always my favorite team although even today I am a closet Islanders fan.
Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time.
I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
so I liked a few teams over the years but nothing serious. Always been a Tigers, Michigan, and Seahawks fan and the Pistons I started to really like in the mid 80s. I didn't follow hockey that closely until I was a teenager but the Wings were always my favorite team although even today I am a closet Islanders fan.
FUBAR
Footballguy
For me, I grew up near Detroit, a Lions, Wolverines, Red Wings, Tigers and Pistons fan.I'll always be a Red Wings fan.I don't really see how someone even could.
Maybe at a certain time you like another team's players better or they're more fun to watch, but changing your alligiance entirely?
ETA: I guess if you could, you weren't really a fan of the first team anyway... think I read that on here somewhere.
I attended EMU for undergrad and Kansas Law School so they're my teams although I still like the Wolverines.
Lions have just abused their fans and I live near Nashville, I've become more of a Titans fan. I'll still consider the Lions as one of my teams, I'm sick like that.
I don't follow basketball or baseball any more although I'll watch a game and if I see they're in the playoffs I'll pay attention.
To me those are the biggest reasons to switch alliances - actually attending a different school and moving to a new city.
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flysack
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Emphatically restate this, despite what it will mean to the local economy. That team is moving. It's inevitable upon Wilson's death.Toronoto or LA, it doesn't matter. The minute it happens, I flip a coin and become a Giants or Steelers fan.
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Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
I haven't yet but I doubt an hour long documentary can capture what Robert Irsay did to destroy the fans of the Colts and the fans of all the other shifting NFL teams from the moment he bought the Rams.
The Iguana
Footballguy
Assuming he attended both UNC and Miami, this is fine. Otherwise it's pretty weak. I don't understand the concept of being a "fan" of a college that you never attended, let alone two such colleges.How do you guys feel about someone that pulls for 2 college teams? For example, a guy I work with pulls for UNC in basketball and Miami U in football. For some reason this doesn't sit well with me but to each his own.
I grew up a huge IU Hoosier fan as a kid but ended up going to a small private college. I'm still a Big Ten fan in general and love to watch games from the conference (I even play in a big ten fantasy basketball league) but can really call myself an IU fan anymore.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Yes, said this before here, but used to be a huge Raiders fan back in the 70's. My parents had season tickets, went to the 74 Raiders-Dolphins playoff game.
But then Al Davis decided to be a greedy ******* and moved them to LA. I switched to the 49ers at that point (right when they started their team of the decade in the 80's) and never looked back. Even when the raiders came back to Oakland, stayed with the niners
But then Al Davis decided to be a greedy ******* and moved them to LA. I switched to the 49ers at that point (right when they started their team of the decade in the 80's) and never looked back. Even when the raiders came back to Oakland, stayed with the niners
The Iguana
Footballguy
To clarify, if you are too young or never attended a college then I could see picking a local one to root for. Even in my case where I went to a DIII school, I could see someone still being a fan of a local D1, etc. However, something seems awfully "bandwagon-esque" if you went to one D1 school but root for a different one(s).SlaX said:
Lehigh98
Footballguy
I went to a I-AA football school (Lehigh) that has never really been a player in the college sports scene so I don't really have a rooting interest in top level college competition based on where I went. Although I'm not all that into college sports (until the NCAA tourney rolls around anyway) its fun to at least have some sort of rooting interest. So the teams I'd say I'm a "fan" of would be:USC for football because my brother went there and I was out and had a blast at a few games during the time he was there. By geography, it would probably make more sense to be a Penn State fan (been to a few games with friends) but their fans drive me nuts more often then not.Villanova for basketball since: its a team local to the area, had friends there when I was in High School (graduated in earlier classes) and would go to a few games, my best friend from home ended up going there and I'd stop by for games, and my wife graduated from there.In The Zone said:How do you guys feel about someone that pulls for 2 college teams? For example, a guy I work with pulls for UNC in basketball and Miami U in football. For some reason this doesn't sit well with me but to each his own.
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Weapon of Mass Instruction
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I have no problem with you rooting for Peyton...at all. But, i you start rooting for his team over YOUR team, then I do have an issue with that.Huge Braves fan here -- but got to know David Price through local connections in the baseball scene. I really pull for him to do well for the Tampa Rays -- but I will never, ever pull for him to beat the Braves.[icon] said:Sooo it's wrong for me to root for a guy I knew in college who is well on his way to be the best QB in the history of the game?
Just curious on what the rules are here....
3C's
Footballguy
I was 10. Sue me.
Zow
Footballguy
I never understood the undying love for the local college football team. How are you more of a fan for a school you didn't go to then the one you did go to? blows my mind.Doctor Detroit said:I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time. I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
Zow
Footballguy
Yep, I got to know a few of the lesser known Phillies through my baseball connection and through an unrelated channel Matt Millen. I told Millen I hope he goes 14-2 with 2 losses to my Vikes and the Phillies guys that they played well but didn't overcome the Mets.I have no problem with you rooting for Peyton...at all. But, i you start rooting for his team over YOUR team, then I do have an issue with that.Huge Braves fan here -- but got to know David Price through local connections in the baseball scene. I really pull for him to do well for the Tampa Rays -- but I will never, ever pull for him to beat the Braves.[icon] said:Sooo it's wrong for me to root for a guy I knew in college who is well on his way to be the best QB in the history of the game?
Just curious on what the rules are here....
Sarnoff
Footballguy
That's dumb. There are reasons to leave a team. I brought up Steinbrenner screwing over his own players before, if you like the players and hated him, it made sense. What about Cleveland Browns fans, after the team up and left for Baltimore... same team, same owners, same players, should they be criticized for not being loyal to them?
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
I must admit that I usually have a hard time watching a Colt - Ravens game as I find myself cheering for the wrong team.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Where does it say I am more of a fan of the local team than I am of the school I went to? Also if you grew up in one area and liked one team for 18+ years, I would consider it normal to continue being a fan of that school. If you want to dump them that's fine, but 10-15 years or more of rooting for a school in your area is part of your culture by then.I never understood the undying love for the local college football team. How are you more of a fan for a school you didn't go to then the one you did go to? blows my mind.Doctor Detroit said:I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time. I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high schoolso I liked a few teams over the years but nothing serious. Always been a Tigers, Michigan, and Seahawks fan and the Pistons I started to really like in the mid 80s. I didn't follow hockey that closely until I was a teenager but the Wings were always my favorite team although even today I am a closet Islanders fan.
bentley
Footballguy
I don't know how many blows to the head you've taken since 2003, but Texas played Washington State (the Cougars) in the 2003 Holiday Bowl. Roy Williams, BJ Johnson and Sloan Thomas dropped TD pass after TD pass to lose that game. I drank a whole bottle of Jack Daniels that night to drown my sorrows.RedmondLonghorn said:
E Street Brat
Footballguy
I’ve slowly became more attached to the Tampa teams then the Burgh teams I grew up with. It wasn’t a decision I made, it just kinda happened over time.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
I was a Mets and Dolphins fan for my entire life. 3 years ago, I found myself hating both teams/organizations. They seemed soft and I didn't enjoy rooting for them.
I picked new teams that I enjoyed watching, liked the organizations, and weren't teams that many other people liked (Jags and Rays, the year before the Rays went to the WS).
I pretty much always do this with the NBA. I always hope the Bobcats do well, but my rooting interests will constantly change (until the Bobcats get ready to make a serious run).
I felt guilty at first, but it really doesn't matter. It's made the sports much more enjoyable to watch.
At this point, I'm not really sold on the idea of sports monogamy. I'll root for who I feel like rooting for. If that changes, so be it.
I picked new teams that I enjoyed watching, liked the organizations, and weren't teams that many other people liked (Jags and Rays, the year before the Rays went to the WS).
I pretty much always do this with the NBA. I always hope the Bobcats do well, but my rooting interests will constantly change (until the Bobcats get ready to make a serious run).
I felt guilty at first, but it really doesn't matter. It's made the sports much more enjoyable to watch.
At this point, I'm not really sold on the idea of sports monogamy. I'll root for who I feel like rooting for. If that changes, so be it.
clampino
Footballguy
Go COLTS!!!!!!
We had a parade that day in Indy. I love the Colts and hate the Ravens. But it has nothing to do with the fact that the Colts came from there.
clampino
Footballguy
Oh yeah, I was a huge Denver fan up until Elway retired. Now I hate Denver.Go COLTS!!!!!!
The Comedian
Footballguy
How you got the connection to the original team isn't really relevant to making a decision to switch to another one.
If you're from Indy, then sure, have at the Colts. I'm pretty sure I'm within my rights to disown them, though. Of course, why the Raiders? My Pop Warner team at the time was the Raiders, and they had lots of guys with cool nicknames (Snake, Mad Stork, etc.). Good enough for an 8-year old to choose them. These days, I really wish that Pop Warner team had been called something else. Anything else.clampino said:Go COLTS!!!!!!We had a parade that day in Indy. I love the Colts and hate the Ravens. But it has nothing to do with the fact that the Colts came from there.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
I grew up rooting for Penn State in CFB. However, I went to a D3 school for engineering. Kinda hard to root for my alma mater in football; I just keep rooting for Penn State.Where does it say I am more of a fan of the local team than I am of the school I went to? Also if you grew up in one area and liked one team for 18+ years, I would consider it normal to continue being a fan of that school. If you want to dump them that's fine, but 10-15 years or more of rooting for a school in your area is part of your culture by then.I never understood the undying love for the local college football team. How are you more of a fan for a school you didn't go to then the one you did go to? blows my mind.I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time. I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
this sounds like you weren't ever a Broncos fan. You just liked John.clampino said:
3C's
Footballguy
Probably most 10yo's w/o a home team aren't true fans.
Drifter
Footballguy
Only once. Grew up a huge Yankees fan but was living in Colorado when the Rockies were started so became a Rockies fan. Been a Steelers fan as long as I can remember and hate the Donkeys. In hockey, give me the Leafs but I'll watch and root for the Avs. Was not much of a basketball fan growing up so even though I became a Nuggets fan after I moved here, I wasn't "switching" from another team.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Update?I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.
Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time.
I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
kardplayer
Footballguy
Changed teams I root for in 3 of the 4 major sports...
Grew up in NJ in the 70s/80s and as a bit of a front runner (where possible).
The first teams I rooted for were:
Steelers
Islanders
Nets
Yankees
Now I root for:
Jets
Devils
Trail Blazers
Yankees
Steelers to Jets: Steelers/Rams Super Bowl is the first one I remember, and I rooted for the Steelers all year - I had a terrible towel and steelers ski cap to prove it. Realized it was more fun rooting for a local team, and chose the Jets over the Giants because of the Sack Exchange (oops)
Islanders to Devils: The Devils were still in Colorado and the Islanders were winning cups, so I picked them over the Rangers. Picked up the Devils as soon as they moved to NJ.
Nets to Trail Blazers: When the Nets moved out of NJ, they were no longer the local team. At the same time, the only NBA player ever to come out of my college (Lehigh/CJ McCollum) was a senior and likely lottery pick, so I took last year off from rooting for an NBA team, and picked up the Blazers when CJ got drafted #10 this year. I will most definitely follow whatever team he is on until he retires, and then we'll see (hopefully this is a long time from now).
Grew up in NJ in the 70s/80s and as a bit of a front runner (where possible).
The first teams I rooted for were:
Steelers
Islanders
Nets
Yankees
Now I root for:
Jets
Devils
Trail Blazers
Yankees
Steelers to Jets: Steelers/Rams Super Bowl is the first one I remember, and I rooted for the Steelers all year - I had a terrible towel and steelers ski cap to prove it. Realized it was more fun rooting for a local team, and chose the Jets over the Giants because of the Sack Exchange (oops)
Islanders to Devils: The Devils were still in Colorado and the Islanders were winning cups, so I picked them over the Rangers. Picked up the Devils as soon as they moved to NJ.
Nets to Trail Blazers: When the Nets moved out of NJ, they were no longer the local team. At the same time, the only NBA player ever to come out of my college (Lehigh/CJ McCollum) was a senior and likely lottery pick, so I took last year off from rooting for an NBA team, and picked up the Blazers when CJ got drafted #10 this year. I will most definitely follow whatever team he is on until he retires, and then we'll see (hopefully this is a long time from now).
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Update what?Update?I moved some love from Michigan to Oklahoma because I went to school at OU but I'm still a Michigan fan. Just tough splitting between two teams.
Moving love from the Seahawks to the Lions but this might take several years. I still go to Seahawks news 9 out of 10 times and I also watch the Seahawks if both team are playing at the same time.
I was into sports at a very early age, like 6. I kept journals with sports stats from the early 80s through high school
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